2. The walls of the ship seem to shift constantly because:
(a) the center of the sphere is always down while they are in space
(b) the walls are made of liquid
(c) they are on drugs and it only seems that the walls are shifting
(d) the walls are flexible rubber

3. When Weston confirms that Ransom is on a spaceship, Ransom is overcome with:
(a) forboding
(b) fear
(c) anger
(d) elation

4. What is an hnakra and its relationship to the hross?
(a) A type of land animal similar to a leopard
(b) An hnakra is another intelligent creature who act as teachers and nursemaids to the hross' children
(c) The sea creature who attacked Weston and Devine, the hross hunt hnakra
(d) The animal the hross uses to herd their domestic animals

5. Weston believes that Ransom is incapable of what?
(a) Returning to earth without his help
(b) Learning to speak Malacandran
(c) Understanding the lofty motives of this voyage
(d) Understanding the mechanics of the ship

6. Who are the pfifltriggi?
(a) The council of elders under Oyarsa
(b) Another race of people on the planet
(c) Small, dwarf like humanoid creatures who live on the ocean
(d) The slaves of the hross

7. What does Devine actually go into the kitchen to do?
(a) see if there's anything in the fridge for dinner
(b) wash the dishes
(c) turn on the coffe pot
(d) drug Ransom's drink

8. What happens to the center of gravity on the ship as they near the planet?
(a) It turns off
(b) Nothing happens to it
(c) It shifts from the center to the side closest to the planet
(d) It becomes haywire moving all over the ship

9. What happens to the temperature of the ship as they enter the gravity of Malacandra?
(a) The temperature changes intemittently from hot to cold
(b) The temperature stays the same
(c) The temperature drops
(d) It becomes hotter

10. Because of the point of view of the story, the reader knows:
(a) that Ransom is on his way to Malacandra
(b) only what Ransom knows
(c) that Weston thinks Ransom is highly intelligent
(d) that Ransom is about to be sacrificed to the sun god

11. Ransom is a professor of:
(a) sociology
(b) philology or languages
(c) astronomy
(d) herbology

12. After Devine questions Ransom, what does he learn?
(a) Ransom is on a walking tour, of which no one knows
(b) Ransom quit his job at Cambridge
(c) Ransom plans to retire and write a book on Swahili
(d) Ransom lives down the street from the Rise

13. What does Ransom think might be happening?
(a) That he has become a multiple personality
(b) That he is insane and actually in a hospital on earth and the entire trip has been in his head
(c) That somehow the space travel has actually split his body and there are two Ransoms wandering the woods
(d) That he is home asleep and dreaming all of this

14. How does most things on the planet appear to Ransom?
(a) Everything Ransom can see has a strange, elongated form
(b) Everything appears hazy and out of focused
(c) The whole landscape appears fat and bloated
(d) Everything he sees is some shade of gray

15. What is all over the ground on the planet?
(a) Red and gold leaves
(b) Green slime
(c) A pinkish foliage
(d) Black moss